Tablet dispenser
US5366112A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 1992 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D83/0418
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tablet dispenser comprises a tubular protective housing that has a guide shaft provided with longitudinal tracks for tablets that can be inserted in the form of a columnlike stack. A pressure-loaded ram for one end of the stack of tablets, feeds the tablets along the longitudinal tracks to an ejector that engages the stack adjacent to its other end, by which the tablets, which are guided between lateral guides adjacent to the ejector, can individually be displaced transversely to the longitudinal direction of the stack. In order to simplify the assembling and to increase the reliability in function and/or operation, the spring biasing the ram is accomodated in a spring shaft that is disposed beside the shaft for guiding and accomodating the tablets. The spring biases a guiding member that is guided in the spring shaft and carries the ram on an arm that extends out through a longitudinal slot through which the two shafts communicate with each other. For the stack of tablets, a magazine is provided, which can replaceably be inserted into the tablet-guiding shaft of the housing and has passage openings for the ram, a slot for guiding the ram-carrying arm and openings for ejecting th…
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